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Re:China is angered by Apple's iPhone event mentioning Taiwan by jdavis703 on Friday September 14, 2018 @07:25PM (#17991903)
It wouldn't call it "propaganda." Countries routinely have territorial disputes. I get China is viewed as a competitor to American interests, but the situation in Taiwan is historically complex. It would be like if Texas or California unilaterally seceded from the U.S., various countries would recognize or not recognize their legitimacy as an independent nation.
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Re:China is angered by Apple's iPhone event mentioning Taiwan by rangibaby on Friday September 14, 2018 @09:32PM (#17992445)
It would be like if the US had a civil war and one side retreated to Cuba
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Re:China is angered by Apple's iPhone event mentioning Taiwan by erikpukinskis on Saturday September 15, 2018 @01:32AM (#17993139)
Wouldn't it be like if the U.S. first annexed Cuba, and then had a civil war where one side retreated to it?
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Re:China is angered by Apple's iPhone event mentioning Taiwan by inawarminister on Saturday September 15, 2018 @02:27AM (#17993263)
Indeed. Only a few have any thoughts about the native Taiwanese, both Aboriginal and Han.
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Re:China is angered by Apple's iPhone event mentioning Taiwan by rangibaby on Saturday September 15, 2018 @03:42AM (#17993424)
Another country’s colony. Spain in Cuba’s case, Japan in Taiwan’s
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Re:China is angered by Apple's iPhone event mentioning Taiwan by 07d046 on Friday September 14, 2018 @07:40PM (#17991974)
It's more like if there was a communist revolution in the US followed by a civil war, with the anti-communists ending up holding Texas or California and establishing their own government there. The Chinese Communist Party has never ruled Taiwan, and Taiwan hasn't officially seceded.
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Re:China is angered by Apple's iPhone event mentioning Taiwan by dis-sys on Saturday September 15, 2018 @01:54AM (#17993180)
your analogy is missing the most politically critical part -

the 1943 Cairo Declaration explicitly stated that Taiwan belongs to China and it should be "restored" to China. it is a part of the post-WWII world order.

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